1. Noun
A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and foot.
2. Noun
That which resembles a leg in form or use; especially, any long and slender support on which any object rests; as, the leg of a table; the leg of a pair of compasses or dividers.
3. Noun
The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg; as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers.
4. Noun
A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing.
5. Noun
A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.
6. Noun
The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks.
7. Noun
An extension of the boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; -- called also water leg.
8. Noun
The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
9. Noun
A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.
10. Verb
To use as a leg, with it as object
11. Verb
To bow.
12. Verb
To run.
13. Noun
a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
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